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ess than six miles from Downing Street and the office Theresa May is seeking to return to, primary school children have to clean their own classrooms. This week it was reported that pupils in the London borough of Wandsworth are now vacuuming at the end of the day...
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June 2, 2017 Loknath Das
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Afghan authorities have drafted a deal giving the Turkish government control of more than a dozen schools in Afghanistan affiliated with the exiled cleric Fethullah Gülen. Western and Afghan officials believe the agreement is part of a bargain allowing Afghanistan’s vice-president, Abdul Rashid Dostum, who has been accused...
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May 31, 2017 Loknath Das
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HILLSBORO, Mo. (KMOV.com) – Like many rural schools across Missouri, the Grandview R-2 School District doesn’t have enough students or teachers to support a wide range of summer school options. Now, a growing online program is filling a void in rural schools. Going into its sixth summer now, the...
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May 30, 2017 Loknath Das
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This article is part of the Big Shortcut, an eight-part series exploring the exponential rise in online learning for high school students who have failed traditional classes. An increasing number of states are getting serious about vetting the online education companies that are now responsible for instructing a...
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May 25, 2017 Loknath Das
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A transgender “bathroom bill” reminiscent of one in North Carolina that caused a national uproar now appears to be on a fast-track to becoming law in Texas, though it may only apply to public schools. A broader proposal mandating that virtually all transgender people in the country’s second-largest...
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May 22, 2017 Loknath Das
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Failing schools will be banned from expanding, under the Conservatives’ education proposals. The Tory manifesto states that ministers will bar councils from creating new places at schools that have been rated “inadequate” or “requires improvement” by Ofsted, the regulator. It also pledges to create online maps which will...
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May 18, 2017 Loknath Das
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